Talk:loose ball

loose ball
Just means a ball that's loose. Compare, ,. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:17, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * In fact loose puck slightly more common. You could go further too, "loose dog", "dog was loose". Mglovesfun (talk) 21:19, 31 December 2010 (UTC)


 * lol. Find me a definition at loose which describes a loose ball, and then we can play ball, before I crush you with my awesome rfd logic. --Downunder 21:24, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * There isn't one. But it exists. It's the same one for loose ball, puck, dog, cat, child (etc.) So where's the logic? Mglovesfun (talk) 22:04, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Added. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:07, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I have added a sports-specific sense of loose comparable to what other comprehensive dictionaries have that I know is used in hockey, basketball, and American football. The sense might apply to any sport where something physical is periodically in the possession of one or another competitor. I don't know if the sense applies in rugby, football, lacrosse, field hockey, polo, etc. DCDuring TALK 22:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * In rugby, no doubt about it. The reason I can only come up with 'puck' and 'ball' is that I can't think of any sports that use another implement that must be 'held' or 'possessed'. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:37, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Though not status quo, I would keep as the most common collocation for loose in this sense. DAVilla 08:14, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I am unfamiliar with the "most common collocation" standard in CFI for this Wiktionary. Or even with "common collocation" as constituting sufficient evidence of idiomaticity under the incredibly, unworkably inclusive Pawley tests. Also, "loose ball" and "loose puck" already appear as usexes at loose. DCDuring TALK 13:09, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Loose ball gets 12,800 Google Book hits while loose puck gets only 1,300. I am unfamiliar with the Pawley tests being "incredibly, unworkably inclusive" in CFI. Or maybe, like me in explicitly stating that it was not status quo, you never meant that it was in CFI? For your reference, see prime number and active volcano. DAVilla 19:24, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 22:47, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 02:32, 30 July 2011 (UTC)